Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Fallowfield Township
Township
The John H. Nelson House, a historic site in the township
Location of Fallowfield Township in Washington County
Location of Washington County in Pennsylvania
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington County
Area
• Total	21.3 sq mi (55 km2)
• Land	21.3 sq mi (55 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	4,461
• Density	210/sq mi (81/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	724

Fallowfield Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,461 at the 2000 census.

History

Fallowfield is named for Lancelot Fallowfield, one of the first purchasers of land from William Penn.^[1]

The John H. Nelson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55 km²), of which, 21.3 square miles (55 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (0.19%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 4,461 people, 1,765 households, and 1,313 families residing in the township. The population density was 209.6 people per square mile (80.9/km²). There were 1,878 housing units at an average density of 88.2/sq mi (34.1/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.85% White, 1.43% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.

There were 1,765 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.6% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.6% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the township the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.3 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $41,943, and the median income for a family was $45,750. Males had a median income of $36,102 versus $29,159 for females. The per capita income for the township was $18,565. About 3.6% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.7% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.

References

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Municipalities and communities of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States County seat: Washington Cities Monongahela Washington Boroughs Allenport Beallsville Bentleyville Burgettstown California Canonsburg Centerville Charleroi Claysville Coal Center Cokeburg Deemston Donora Dunlevy East Washington Elco Ellsworth Finleyville Green Hills Houston Long Branch Marianna McDonald‡ Midway New Eagle North Charleroi Roscoe Speers Stockdale Twilight West Brownsville West Middletown Townships Amwell Blaine Buffalo Canton Carroll Cecil Chartiers Cross Creek Donegal East Bethlehem East Finley Fallowfield Hanover Hopewell Independence Jefferson Morris Mount Pleasant North Bethlehem North Franklin North Strabane Nottingham Peters Robinson Smith Somerset South Franklin South Strabane Union West Bethlehem West Finley West Pike Run CDPs Aaronsburg Atlasburg Avella Baidland Bulger Cecil-Bishop Cross Creek Eighty Four Elrama Fredericktown Gastonville Hendersonville Hickory Joffre Langeloth Lawrence McGovern McMurray Meadowlands Millsboro Muse Paris Slovan Southview Taylorstown Thompsonville Van Voorhis West Alexander Westland Wickerham Manor-Fisher Wolfdale Wylandville Unincorporated communities Amity Blainsburg Condit Crossing Cool Valley Courtney Cracker Jack Fallowfield Florence Gambles Glyde Good Intent Hazel Kirk Laboratory Log Pile Manifold McAdams North Fredericktown Old Concord P and W Patch Prosperity Raccoon Richeyville Scenery Hill Studa Venetia Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°08′17″N 79°57′08″W / 40.13806°N 79.95222°W / 40.13806; -79.95222